Colonial Meriwether Families - Person Sheet
Colonial Meriwether Families - Person Sheet
NameAnne or Sarah Barber 185, F
Birth1707, York County, Virginia
Death1805, Dinwiddie County, Virginia209
BurialUnknown, Virginia792
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Spouses
Birth15 Jun 1707, New Kent County, Virginia209
Death1750, Albemarle County, Virginia209
BurialUnknown, Virginia791
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ChildrenMartha , F (1728-~1780)
Research notes for Lane (Spouse 1)
From extract of Ancestry:

Orlando Jones, son of Roland, b. 31 Dec 1681, New Kent County, Virginia; m. 4 Apr 1703 Martha (Matthews) Macon, widow of Gideon Macon of New Kent County, m. 2nd Mary Williams of King & Queen County, Virginia; child:

1) Lane Jones, b. abt 1705 m. Sarah Barber and had Martha, born 20 May 1728, m. William Johnston, son of Thomas and Ann Elizabeth (Merriweather). Lane Jones and Sarah Barber buried beneath the chancel floor in Old Bruton Parish Church in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Reference notes for Lane (Spouse 1)
Findagrave Memorial

Descendants of Rev. Rowland Jones, First Rector of Bruton Parish, Va.
Wilson Miles Cary
The William and Mary QuarterlyThe William and Mary Quarterly
Vol. 5, No. 3 (Jan., 1897), pp. 192-197 (6 pages)

Her brother, ORLANDO JONES, who represented King William county in the House of Burgesses in 1718, died at the parental mansion on Queen's Creek, and his will is proved in York, Nov. 16, 1719. His only son, LAIN , or LANE JONES, born June 15, 1707, married in 1727, Anne Barber, daughter of Maj. Wm. Barber,7 of York-Hampton Parish, J. P. and Burgess, by his wife, Anne Archer. Maj. Barber's will, proved 1733, Nov. 19th, mentions his son, James, and his daughters, Elizabeth Claiborne and Anne Jones, while the will of their grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth /

(Hubard) Archer, dated May 26, 1726, devises to the same three children, viz.: Elizabeth, as then the wife of Leonard Claiborne, of King William, and Anne Barber and James Barber as minors. In 1750 we find mention of "Elizabeth Anne Archer Barber, aid Anna Maria Jones Barber (as) orphans of Capt. James Barber, deceased."
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Father: Orlando JONES
Mother: Martha MACON

Lane Jones
Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917
Name: Lane Jones
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 15 Jun 1707
Birthplace: ST PETER'S PARISH,NEW KENT,VIRGINIA
Father's Name: Orlando Jones
Mother's Name: Martha
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